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Speaking to the unforget Agricultural Society of Vic on offer for all visitors.
ROYAL MELBOURNE
SHOW 2018 FACTS
Interesting stats, facts and figures from the 11 unforgettable days of the 2018 Royal Melbourne Show
General
• More than 475,000 people through the gates
• 586 interstate exhibitors / competitors
• 9 overseas exhibitors / competitors
• Tens of thousands of showbags sold
• Most popular ride was the Hollywood
Horrors
• Most popular showbag was the Bertie
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• 2,811 show dogs competed
• 972 non-competing farm animals on show
s, “The Show” combined
• 146 goats on show
• 851 sheep on show
• 110 sheep shorn in the Farmhouse
in it ia t iv e s .
• 60 baby ducklings and 100 baby chickens on show
e RoyalMelbourne Show
• 3,069 blue ribbons awarded and 1,192
ance by rock legend, Jim
sashes
11 days.
Entertainment
• Cosentino performed 22 times, making 22 girls disappear and sawing 22 girls in half
unbelievable value cont
• 198 Motocross flips and 484 stunt jumps
were performed
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f the woodchoppers.
• 110 Wheelie Jeep demonstrations and over
11 kilometres of wheelies performed
• Strongest women and men have pulled a
es and attractions sprea
tractor more than 220 meters (20 x meters
per night)
• 425 fireworks fired per minute equating in
going rides in the kid’s ca
-stopping rides for thrill s
Food
3,833 fireworks per night and over 42,000
across the 11 nights of Show
ck and horse’s precinct
• Over 15,000 scones with jam & cream served
eep and horses.
by the CWA – a Show record
• 80,000 coffees (3,000 per day from Dane’s Coffee alone)
of food offering available
• 150,000 donuts were enjoyed
• 75,000 buckets of chips were shared • 40,000 burgers were enjoyed
5-year-olds. This com pli
f our annual award progr
• 15,000 ice creams were consumed
• 30,000 Dagwood dogs were had
• 50,000 servings of fairy floss eaten
ng were finished with a
• 106 masterclasses were held on the Winning
Tastes Stage
• That’s Amore went through 45kg parmesan,
torical exhibition of sho
100kg bocconcini and 300kg spaghetti
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as a must before leavin
WeChat
• 1,807 WeChat followers
•
868 users of the mini-app
314 tickets sold through influencers
to nig
toria, Paul Guerra, said th
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